The Village Voice, that bastion of all things far to the left of left, recently ran some articles on bad landlords. It singled out Jewish landlords in a front page piece by Elizabeth Dwoskin; one wonders if it will follow up with a report on bad Protestant landlords, or bad white landlords, or single out any other group. So far, it is just us. Read More »
Archive for January, 2011
Gilat wins US contract worth $40-50m
The company will supply a satellite communications system to support about 27,000 state lottery sites in Texas and Illinois. Read More »
Wiesenthal Center in Germany: Nazi criminals showed
While German Chancellor landed today (Monday) to visit Israel, requires the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Israel from the German government to prosecute Nazi war criminals two who took refuge in Germany, or surrender them to their countries. Read More »
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Rania of Jordan on Facebook
2, AS 1944 The women of Queen Rania of Jordan said of herself: "I am an Arab and bred, but I'm also someone who speaks the international language. Read More »
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Today’s Jew-hatred courtesy of Google News and Veterans Today
At this time, the most anti-semitic site (by far) that is indexed on Google News is called “Veterans Today.” (Sorry, I won’t link to this trash. But it is easy enough to find.)Here’s a taste of today’s entry: The uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen are the inevitable results of the J-factor, which destroys everything. Read More »
Does the term “ארץ ישראל” ever appear in Tanach?
Do these words ever appear together as one phrase in Tanach? Read More »
The Brotherhood and the Jewish-Black Black Jews of France are calling for the event in memory …
A candle for Ilan Halimi. By Gershon Nduwa Brotherhood Judeo-Black and Black Jews of France are calling for the event in memory of Ilan February 13, 2011 before the phone shop on the Boulevard Voltaire, 229 in the eleventh district. With a candle vigil at 20h30Ce last 19h was found dying left for dead in Bagneux. Read More »
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Fareed Zakaria special on events in Egypt
Here’s CNN’s Fareed Zakaria with a special on the events that have taken place in Egypt. It includes an interview with opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei (from 4: 15 until 14: 05). But it’s worth watching the whole thing.Let’s go to the videotape.Later on Sunday, ElBaradei joined the protesters at Tahrir Square in Cairo. Read More »
Rabbi Wages “Intellectual War” On Atheism
Rabbi Averick advocated seeking the truth and condemned atheists who use only science as the basis for their beliefs. “Is science in the service of truth? Or is truth in the service of science?” Rabbi questions atheism in lecture at… Read More »
Tunisia said that the Islamic 'moderate' Ghannouchi Jews and Israel
"Rachid Ghannouchi, who is 69 years old, is considered a moderate intellectual." (Point / Reuters) Do not count on journalists and many experts to enlighten you on the personality and values of tolerance Rachid Ghannouchi – and certainly what the holy man said about Israel and Jews. Read More »
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Attention Jewish Media and Rabbonim: From the office of MK Nissim Zeev’s, meeting with Mike …
bs”dNote the pictures attached sent to me from Nissem Zeev’s office hosting Mr. Huckabee. Please also look at http: //www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/142051 (INN)….Voight: Torah Has All the Answers Former Gov. Huckabee is being accompanied on this, his 15th visit to Israel, by known Zionist figures Dr. Joseph Frager, Dr. Read More »
Photos: Yellow Tulip
Here’s a shot that I took a short while ago. Canon XSi, 100mm macro lens, f/16, 4 seconds. Believe it or not, this shot was much easier to capture than you might otherwise imagine. If anyone’s interested in how it’s done, feel free to drop me an email.You’ll notice that I used an aperture of f/16. Read More »
Shalhevet Yerushalayim – Warm Up your Tuesday Night!
Rav Yossi will continue to inspire us with teachings from Rav Kook. The shiur is being hosted by El… Read More »
Egypt and the Islamist Orbit
Signs like this are common in the streets of Cairo. It’s not enough that Mubarak is a dictator but to truly demonize him a Star of David is superimposed to identify him with Jews/Israel. It seems all but certain that Hosni Mubarak will relinquish the reins of power and cruise into comfortable exile, either in London or Saudi Arabia. Read More »
After a year of dating, I’m conflicted because he isn’t Jewish. Now what?
Dear Matchmaker Rabbi: I’ve been dating this very gorgeous and dedicated guy I’ll call Joshua for about a year, but he isn’t Jewish. I like him a lot, but I’m not sure if I should continue seeing him since I know I want to marry someone Jewish. Read More »
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Appointment with the trees
Enrique Rivera times are met and are given appointments on time. So it was with the New Year of Trees and better frame the park Maimonides in Tecamachalco, where both community leaders as spiritual leaders and authorities and KKL Fesel gathered to plant trees and share a large group of people who gathered there to commemorate this day. Read More »
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Israel and European Space Agency Sign Revolutionary Agreement
A first of its kind agreement on cooperation in space exploration was signed between Israel and the European Space Agency (ESA). Read More »
Iran writes Horror H
. 2, AS women 1944.Un evil wind runs Iran. Iran, Islamic Republic of HORROR, poverty and dictatorship. Counting the implementation of Zahra Bahrami, HRW estimates, at least, that some 74 people were executed from the current rate Enero. Read More »
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Fisher: "We can face the challenges of the future because of foreign exchange reserves"
The Governor addressed a conference of the Institute for National Security Studies riots in Egypt also said that "a balance of payments surplus shekel, and I prefer to deal with such problems, than with the opposite problem" Read More »
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Israel’s Stakes in Egypt’s Streets
With Hosni Mubarak’s autocratic, pro-Western regime under threat from the angry Egyptian masses, it appears we are witnessing a new dawn for the power of the “Arab street” in Egypt, Tunisia and potentially elsewhere. Read More »
JStreet Whines About Birthright’s Decision to Cancel JStreet U Trip
The other day I exposed the lies of JStreet who claimed to be running a trip with Taglit-Birthright and The Israel Experience. Read More »
Israeli Soldiers Speak Out: Occupation and the Future of Israel’s Democracy
Americans for Peace Now, J Street, The Century Foundation, and the New America Foundation’s Middle East Task Force invite you to a lunch briefing with: Mikhael Manekin Co-director of the Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence Israeli Soldiers Speak Out: Read More »
The Egyptian army would not use force against protesters
At that time, as the Egyptian opposition tends to cause more people to the streets to participate in protests against President Hosni Mubarak, the representatives of the military command said that the soldiers will not use force against participants in demonstrations. Read More »
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Netanyahu: fear the development of a radical regime in Egypt
Joint press conference held this evening (Tuesday) in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, took two men to Egypt. Read More »
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Housing demand up 13% in December
New home sales rose 10% in 2010. Read More »
Developer Charged, Tied To Fraudster Scott Rothstein’s Chabad Rabbi
Glenn Wright is accused of stealing money from a homeowners’ association for a develpment he built. Wright allegedly used the money to help Rabbi Schneur Kaplan close on property for his new Chabad center that would carry Rothstein’s name. Broward… Read More »
The View from Israel
(Yup, another Egypt post. Stuff’s important!) Sometimes, during basketball games, the player with the ball will trip and fall, and the player from the opposing team will back away, hands up, facial expression directed at the referee and clearly communicating: “I didn’t do it. Please don’t call a foul.” That defender is Israel right now. Read More »
regarding the attestation of “new testament” documents
these are posts that found there way into threads that they did not necessarily belong in. i will attempt to post them in the order they occured. Read More »
The Army and the People are One! – Part 2
Egypt army says won’t use violence against citizens staging protests against President Hosni Mubarak. . Read More »
princessofsuburbia:tatpsy:I totally forgot what I was going…
princessofsuburbia : tatpsy : I totally forgot what I was going to say. His hair is starting to look like Gavin’s what with the unruliness yet you can totally get he meant it to look that way. Yep. Hnnnnnnnnnng. Read More »
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WFMU Playlist: Jewish Moments in the Morning with Nachum Segal from Jan 31, 2011
Playlist from Jewish Moments in the Morning with Nachum Segal on WFMU, from Jan 31, 2011 Read More »
France: complaint lodged in response to anti-Semitic comments on the website …
The National Office of Vigilance against Anti-Semitism (BNVCA) announced today that it filed a complaint for incitement to racial hatred after the publication of comments described as "Semitic" on the internet forum of the town of Fontenay-sous-Bois (Val-de-Marne). Read More »
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Mathematical model may encourage bike-sharing for commuters
TEL AVIV (Press Release) — The new environmentally-friendly concept of municipal “bike-sharing” is taking over European cities like Paris, and American cities like New York are also looking into the idea. It allows a subscriber to “borrow” a bike from one of hundreds of locations in the city, use it, and return it to another location [… Read More »
Simchat Beit Tesharnobil ◄ Video Gallery
Hundreds participated in the U.S. House Tesharnobil joy, the joy of marriage grandson Hadmuri"m Mtesharnobil at Otsrnobil USA. Watch the video and Havdalah on Saturday by brothers Hadmuri"m, gallery happy marriage. Read More »
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Susan and Michael
“Never in my life did I think I was going to meet such an incredibly sweet, romantic and beautiful man. He is my true soul mate. Read More »
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Egypt army backs protesters: We won’t use force against you
Egyptian army spokesman appears on state TV saying that the army understands legitimacy of protesters’ demands; protesters call for ‘million man march’ marking one week since start of uprising. Read More »
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Exclusive: Investigation of Olmert clerk complicated
Interrogation tapes affair "Rashontoers" provide a glimpse into the method of financing the travel of the former prime minister, Ehud Olmert. Read More »
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The immigration officer wrote his wife in suicide: A woman held out of the house 3 years
Employee of the British Immigration Service has made a name he hated his wife to the list of people associated with terrorist activities, are prohibited from entering the UK. Read More »
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Adam Laloum to Perform in Israel
Adam Laloum French pianist Adam Laloum will perform in Israel during the month of February, as one of five soloists from the French Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (CNSMDP) participating in the musical season « French Notes, » a project of the French Embassy in Israel and the French Institute. Read More »
IEC workers threaten strike from Thursday
The workers demand a solution to the legal problem that is preventing the signing of a new pension agreement. Read More »
Suspected of car theft gang using drag
Tow truck caught photo: Police Be'er Sheva resident of Be'er Sheva, 20, found an unusual way to enrich his bank account: It is suspected that he would find old vehicles parked around the city, while four have called and asked them to trucks and dragged to load the cars transfer them to dismantle the lots in the town of Tel Sheva. Read More »
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Looking for a Jewish Job?
Are you a senior in college? Are you looking for a Jewish job? If so, we want to hear about you! New Voices is partnering with the Jewish Daily Forward to report on Jewish students looking for work in the Jewish world. Read More »
Egyptian protesters promise to destroy Israel
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Jumblatt’s new bloc backs Hezbollah
“The National Struggle Front Syria and the Resistance,” he added. Read More »
Documentation: trying to defend themselves cool in Cairo
Demonstrations in Cairo and low power continues because the residents are busy keeping their homes from looters gangs. Read More »
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Mubarak Orders Crackdown, With Revolt Sweeping Egypt
Protesters continued to defy a nationwide curfew in the early hours of Saturday, as Mr. Mubarak, 82, breaking days of silence, appeared on national television, promising to replace the ministers in his government, but calling popular protests “part of bigger plot to shake the stability” of Egypt. Read More »
Israel Can Use Situation in Egypt to Boost Ties with America
CHALLAH @ Aluf Benn ….If Netanyahu plays his cards right, he could leverage the fall of neighboring regimes into a significant improvement in Israel’s relations with the United States. ….Obama wants to be popular among the citizens of Arab states at the expense of their leaders, as he tried to do in his Cairo speech some 18 months ago. Read More »
Suspicion: Parents of Safed in 5 children abused
Safed couple in their 30s were arrested today (Tuesday) by tomorrow imported Safed police remand on suspicion of abuse and their children. Differences began on Saturday when a 13 year old girl called from a pay phone to the police station and reported that her parents beat her. Read More »
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Haredi man convicted of sexually assaulting minors in Jerusalem
Hezkiyahu Kahalani, a previously convicted sex offender, was imprisoned in 1992-1993 after he was found guilty of indecent assault, and was sent to prison again for three years in 2001 after he sexually abused two minors. Read More »
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Human rights pioneer leader in local efforts
Winnipeg Free Press January 29, 2001 By: Kevin Rollason A pillar in the province’s human rights movement has died. Abraham Arnold, who was pivotal in creating the Manitoba Association for Rights and Liberties (MARL) and served as its first executive director, was 88. Arnold’s wife of 66 years, Bertha, said he died about noon on Friday of cancer. Read More »
Tunisia, Egypt: Bashir el Assad has his own ideas … / Gil Mihaely | Conversationalist
In an interview with Syrian President The Wall Street Journal, Bashir al-Assad gives his thoughts on the situation in the region following the events in Tunisia and Egypt. Reading his words is not only fascinating but also important to understand the undercurrents which agitate the Arab world, as well as Iran and Turkey. Read More »
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Ceva backs up share price jump with strong results
CFO Arieli: Ceva is looking to buy new capabilities, but does not need a single acquisition to grow in 2011. Read More »
Israel considers "regrettable" decision to recognize Palestine Paraguay
The spokesman for Israel's Foreign Ministry, Yigal Palmor, said that Israel regretted the announcement of Paraguay for its decision to recognize Palestine as "free and independent state" in the borders before the Six Day War in 1967. Read More »
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More solidarity with furry animals in Oslo than antipathy against Mubarak in Cairo?
Norwegians are being fed shoots from the demonstrations in Cairo around the clock these days, but how large are the demonstrations really? Oslo har a population of approx. 600 000. Cairo has a population well in excess of 15 000 000. That makes Cairo 25 times larger than Oslo. According to state broadcaster NRK [… Read More »
Nanach graffiti
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Medical Clown Increases Pregnancy Rates with IVF
Time A study of 229 Israeli women undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) to treat infertility found that a 15-minute visit from a trained “medical clown” immediately after the embryos were placed in the womb increased the chance of pregnancy to 36%, compared with 20% for women whose embryo transfer was comedy-free. Read More »
Abu Dhabi To Plant Sewage-Fed Forest By End Of 2011
Abu Dhabi leads the Gulf Region in environmental innovation. This time, a desert forest irrigated with treated wastewater. Last year we were somewhat alarmed that the UAE had ambitions to plant one million trees . Read More »
